Nick Patsis (Solo Cornet)

Nick Patsis has been an active music educator in the Palm Beach County schools for over thirty years. He holds a Master of Arts in Teaching from Florida Atlantic University, a Bachelor of Music Education from Florida State University, and an Associates of Arts in Music from Palm Beach Community College. In 1978 Mr. Patsis began his teaching career at Jupiter High School, where he served as Interim Band Director and went on to became Director of Bands at Congress Community Middle School. In the fall of 1987 Mr. Patsis became the Director of Bands at Christa McAuliffe Middle School a position which he held until his retirement in 2019 after 42 years teaching in Palm Beach County.
Mr. Patsis is the Co-Director of the Palm Beach County Band Camps, which he co-founded in 2001. He maintains an active career as a freelance trumpet player and has performed with Palm Beach Opera, Palm Beach Symphony, Orchid City Brass Band, Orchestra Delray, Florida Wind Symphony, Burt Reynolds Dinner Theater, Jupiter Theater, Ringling Brothers Barnum and Bailey Circus, Holiday on Ice, The Boca Pops, and numerous other professional and community organizations.